Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.

In daily life what distinguishes the master is the using those materials he has, instead of looking about for what are more renowned, or what others have used well.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

I am always insincere, as always knowing there are other moods.

The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, men to whom a crisis, which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, comes as graceful and beloved as a bride!

The days are made on a loom whereof the warp and woof are past and future time. They are majestically dressed, as if every god brought a thread to the skyey web.